B2 - Friday, March 15, 2013 Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com Scoreboard SPORTS BRIEFLY

Toronto...... 8 10 .444 D.C. United at New York, 9:30 a.m. BASKETBALL Houston...... 7 10 .412 Chicago at , noon New York...... 7 12 .368 Toronto FC at , 1 p.m. Mariners National Basketball Today’s Area Schedule Los Angeles...... 4 11 .267 New England at Philadelphia, 2 p.m. Association San Jose at Columbus, 2:30 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Colorado at , 3 p.m. Atlantic Division Colorado...... 9 7 .563 Portland at Seattle FC, 5 p.m. PREP SPORTS St. Louis...... 9 8 .529 Sunday’s Games W L Pct GB defeat New York...... 38 25 .603 -- Washington...... 9 8 .529 Houston at FC Dallas, 10 a.m. Brooklyn...... 38 27 .585 1 San Diego...... 10 9 .526 Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 2 p.m. Boston...... 35 29 .547 3½ Girls’ Tennis Atlanta...... 11 10 .524 Toronto...... 25 40 .385 14 San Francisco...... 7 8 .467 Philadelphia...... 24 40 .375 14½ Blaine at La Conner 3:30 p.m. Burlington-Edison Arizona...... 8 10 .444 TENNIS Southeast Division Burlington-Edison at Mount Vernon 4 p.m. Philadelphia...... 8 10 .444 Reds W L Pct GB at Mount Vernon 4 p.m. Miami...... 7 9 .438 x-Miami...... 49 14 .778 -- New York...... 6 8 .429 Prep Girls’ Tennis Atlanta...... 35 29 .547 14½ Sedro-Woolley Boys’ Soccer Chicago...... 8 11 .421 Burlington-Edison 6, Oak Harbor 1 Washington...... 21 42 .333 28 at Anacortes 3:30 p.m. Pittsburgh...... 8 11 .421 Seattle’s Morse Snohomish Milwaukee...... 7 10 .412 Orlando...... 18 47 .277 32 at Mount Vernon 7 p.m. Singles: Lefebvre (BE) def. Atkinson 8-0; Charlotte...... 14 50 .219 35½ Los Angeles...... 6 9 .400 Brown (BE) def. Perry 8-7 (7-4), Carletti Central Division Softball Cincinnati...... 5 13 .278 (BE) def. McKinney 8-1; Maskell (BE) def. homers twice W L Pct GB Girls’ Tennis NOTE: Split-squad games count in the Franssen 8-1. Doubles: Calkins/Perry (BE) Indiana...... 40 24 .625 -- Sedro-Woolley standings; games against non-major league at Sehome 3:30 p.m Blaine at Anacortes 3:45 p.m. def. Admire/Estrella 8-0; Swanson/Henry Chicago...... 35 29 .547 5 teams do not. def. Eden/Husler 8-3; Rigby/Amsler (OH) The Associated Press Milwaukee...... 32 31 .508 7½ Bellingham at def. Garber/Thompson 8-5. Cleveland...... 22 42 .344 18 Sedro-Woolley 3:45 p.m. Thursday’s Games Detroit...... 23 44 .343 18½ St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4 PEORIA, Ariz. — WESTERN CONFERENCE Washington 6, Houston 3 GOLF Southwest Division Boston 7, Minnesota 3 Michael Morse made the W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 PGA x-San Antonio...... 50 16 .758 -- Toronto 17, N.Y. Yankees 5 Tampa Bay Championship Mariners out of camp five Memphis...... 44 19 .698 4½ Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1 Thursday years ago thanks to big Houston...... 35 30 .538 14½ COLLEGE SPORTS Detroit 9, N.Y. Mets 1 At Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Dallas...... 30 34 .469 19 Texas 6, Oakland 2 Copperhead Course offensive production in New Orleans...... 22 43 .338 27½ Chicago Cubs 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Kansas City 5, Cleveland 3 Palm Harbor, Fla. Northwest Division No games schedule Purse: $5.5 million . Now he’s W L Pct GB Seattle 8, Cincinnati 7 Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71 (36-35) Oklahoma City...... 48 17 .738 -- L.A. Angels 12, Chicago White Sox 4 First Round back, and even though Denver...... 44 22 .667 4½ Today’s Games Shawn Stefani...... 33-32—65 -6 he’s a big league regular, Utah...... 33 32 .508 15 N.Y. Mets vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., ...... 33-34—67 -4 Portland...... 30 34 .469 17½ 10:05 a.m. Tag Ridings...... 33-35—68 -3 he’s still having another Minnesota...... 22 40 .355 24½ Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at Port Char- Brendan Steele...... 36-32—68 -3 Pacific Division PRO SPORTS lotte, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Harris English...... 32-36—68 -3 fruitful spring for Seattle. W L Pct GB Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., Chez Reavie...... 34-35—69 -2 L.A. Clippers...... 45 21 .682 -- 10:05 a.m. Vijay Singh...... 34-35—69 -2 Morse hit two home Golden State...... 37 29 .561 8 Boston (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Baseball K.J. Choi...... 37-32—69 -2 runs and drove in five L.A. Lakers...... 34 32 .515 11 Fla., 10:05 a.m. Dicky Pride...... 37-32—69 -2 Sacramento...... 23 43 .348 22 Seattle vs. L.A. Angels 1:05 p.m. Miami vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., Peter Tomasulo...... 36-33—69 -2 runs to lead the Mariners Phoenix...... 22 43 .338 22½ 10:05 a.m. Seattle vs. World Baseball Roberto Castro...... 36-33—69 -2 x-clinched playoff spot Pittsburgh vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Lucas Glover...... 35-34—69 -2 back from a six-run deficit Classic opponent 7:05 p.m Fla., 10:05 a.m. Geoff Ogilvy...... 33-36—69 -2 Thursday’s Games Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., J.J. Henry...... 35-35—70 -1 for an 8-7 win over the San Antonio 92, Dallas 91 10:05 a.m. Luke Donald...... 37-33—70 -1 Thursday Portland 105, New York 90 Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox at Nick Watney...... 34-36—70 -1 Today’s Games Glendale, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Patrick Cantlay...... 37-33—70 -1 in spring training. Charlotte at Toronto, 4 p.m. San Diego (ss) vs. Kansas City (ss) at ...... 38-32—70 -1 L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 4 p.m. Surprise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. ...... 36-34—70 -1 Morse’s 3-for-3 after- New Orleans at Washington, 4 p.m. TV-Radio Seattle vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., Scott Brown...... 37-33—70 -1 Phoenix at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Adam Scott...... 37-33—70 -1 noon included a Minnesota at Houston, 5 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Diego (ss) at Jason Day...... 36-34—70 -1 and run scored in the sec- Orlando at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Peoria, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Jerry Kelly...... 37-33—70 -1 Cleveland at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Today Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Trevor Immelman...... 34-36—70 -1 ond inning. He hit his first Miami at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Time TV Radio 1:05 p.m. Justin Hicks...... 36-34—70 -1 Memphis at Denver, 6 p.m. Texas vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Greg Chalmers...... 35-36—71 E two-run shot in the fourth Chicago at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Men’s College Basketball Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Daniel Summerhays...... 36-35—71 E Illinois vs. Indiana 9 a.m. ESPN Oakland vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., ...... 38-33—71 E off Reds starter Homer NBA Leaders 1:10 p.m. ...... 36-35—71 E Bailey and connected for Through Thursday Boston College vs. Miami 9 a.m. ESPN2 Minnesota vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Colt Knost...... 38-33—71 E Scoring Michigan vs. Wisconsin 11 a.m. ESPN Fla., 4:05 p.m. Ryan Palmer...... 38-33—71 E his second two-run shot in G FG FT PTS AVG Colorado vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, John Senden...... 38-33—71 E Durant, OKC...... 65 585 552 1839 28.3 NC State vs. Virginia 11 a.m. ESPN2 Ariz., 7:05 p.m. Charlie Wi...... 34-37—71 E the fifth off reliever Clay Anthony, NYK...... 52 487 332 1432 27.5 Syracuse vs. Georgetown 4 p.m. ESPN Kansas City (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Ryo Ishikawa...... 36-35—71 E Bryant, LAL...... 66 640 415 1813 27.5 Glendale, Ariz., 7:05 p.m. Sergio Garcia...... 36-35—71 E Hensley. Morse is 11-for- James, MIA...... 63 629 329 1672 26.5 Maryland vs. Duke 4 p.m. ESPN2 Brendon de Jonge...... 36-35—71 E 31 in spring training and Harden, HOU...... 63 486 541 1652 26.2 Notre Dame vs. Louisville 6 p.m. ESPN Mariners 8, Reds 7 David Skinns...... 38-33—71 E Westbrook, OKC.65 532 365 1509 23.2 Cameron Tringale...... 36-35—71 E leads the team in home Irving, CLE...... 49 416 203 1127 23.0 Florda State vs. North Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN2 CINCINNATI SEATTLE George Coetzee...... 39-32—71 E Curry, GOL...... 62 480 213 1376 22.2 Arizona vs. UCLA 6 p.m. Pac-12 ab r h bi ab r h bi Justin Leonard...... 33-38—71 E runs with five. Wade, MIA...... 59 499 270 1284 21.8 Heisey cf 4 1 2 0 Seger 2b 3 0 0 0 Jason Dufner...... 34-37—71 E Parker, SAN...... 56 462 228 1174 21.0 Oregon vs. Utah 8:30 p.m. ESPN F.Perez cf 1 0 0 0 Miller 2b 1 0 0 0 ...... 36-35—71 E Aldridge, POR..... 61 513 236 1263 20.7 Cozart ss 4 1 2 2 Wells cf 2 1 0 0 Tim Herron...... 35-36—71 E Golf Ellis, MIL...... 63 467 237 1225 19.4 Lhman ss 1 0 0 0 Mrtnez cf 1 0 1 0 Charley Hoffman...... 37-34—71 E Lillard, POR...... 63 427 203 1196 19.0 Golf Votto 1b 2 1 0 0 Mrles dh 4 2 2 1 Pat Perez...... 38-33—71 E Lee, GOL...... 63 491 210 1192 18.9 Avantha Masters 6:30 a.m. Golf Sto ph-1b 3 0 1 1 Morse rf 3 3 3 5 Brad Fritsch...... 35-36—71 E n PALM HARBOR, Lopez, Bro...... 58 433 222 1088 18.8 Phipps rf 3 2 2 1 Thmes rf 1 0 0 0 Troy Kelly...... 36-36—72 +1 Griffin, LAC...... 64 480 234 1197 18.7 PGA Tamp Bay Classic noon Golf Lutz ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Smak 1b 3 0 2 1 John Daly...... 36-36—72 +1 Fla. — Shawn Stefani is Pierce, BOS...... 63 390 276 1172 18.6 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup 3:30 p.m. Golf Rbnson lf 3 1 1 1 Jcobs 1b 1 0 0 0 Richard H. Lee...... 39-33—72 +1 the PGA Tour rookie to Holiday, PHL...... 60 449 150 1115 18.6 Slsky ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Peguero lf 4 0 0 0 Jesper Parnevik...... 38-34—72 +1 Jennings, MIL..... 63 409 193 1145 18.2 Toshiba Classic 5:30 p.m. Golf Brriss 3b 2 0 0 0 J.Sucre c 3 0 0 0 George McNeill...... 36-36—72 +1 look comfortable on a big Williams, Bro...... 62 372 240 1115 18.0 Hhn ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Zunino c 1 1 1 1 Jim Furyk...... 36-36—72 +1 Donald 2b 3 0 2 1 Trinfel 3b 4 0 1 0 Bryce Molder...... 37-35—72 +1 stage. In breezy conditions Field Percentage Auto Racing Rdrgez 2b 1 0 1 0 Ryan ss 3 1 1 0 Stephen Ames...... 37-35—72 +1 FG FGA PCT NASCAR Nationwide 300 practice 7:30 a.m. Speed Msoraco c 2 0 1 1 Taylor ss 1 0 0 0 Jeff Overton...... 37-35—72 +1 on a tough golf course, Chandler, NYK...... 245 380 .645 Hanigan c 1 0 0 0 Casey Wittenberg...... 37-35—72 +1 Stefani never came close Jordan, LAC...... 246 396 .621 NASCAR Sprint cup 500 practice 9 a.m. Speed Paul dh 1 1 0 0 Jim Herman...... 38-34—72 +1 Koufos, DEN...... 246 403 .610 NASCAR Nationwide 300 practice 11 a.m. Speed Olv ph-dh 2 0 0 0 D.H. Lee...... 38-34—72 +1 to making a bogey until Splitter, SAN...... 257 438 .587 Totals 36 7 12 7 Totals 35 8 11 8 Boo Weekley...... 37-35—72 +1 Hickson, POR...... 335 584 .574 Nascar Sprint Cup 500 qualifying 12:30 p.m. Speed Cincinnati...... 022 300 000 — 7 Will Claxton...... 38-34—72 +1 his final hole in the Tampa Howard, LAL...... 358 625 .573 Formula One Australian GP qualifying 11 p.m. Speed Seattle...... 010 240 01x — 8 Tom Gillis...... 38-34—72 +1 McGee, DEN...... 249 437 .570 E—Cozart (3), Ryan (1). DP—Cincinnati Scott Langley...... 37-35—72 +1 Bay Championship. He Ibaka, OKC...... 354 623 .568 1, Seattle 1. LOB—Cincinnati 6, Seattle 4. Matt Kuchar...... 35-37—72 +1 rolled in a par putt from Johnson, TOR...... 267 470 .568 Tennis 2B—Heisey (3), N.Soto (2), Phipps 2 (4), Aaron Baddeley...... 38-34—72 +1 James, MIA...... 629 1130 .557 H.Rodriguez (3), Morse (3). HR—Morse 2 Robert Garrigus...... 37-35—72 +1 just inside 5 feet to com- BNP Paribas Open 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 (5), Zunino (2). SB—D.Robinson (1), Ryan Greg Owen...... 38-34—72 +1 Rebounds BNP Paribas Open 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 (1). CS—Mesoraco (1). S—Burriss. Camilo Villegas...... 38-34—72 +1 plete a 6-under 65 and G OFF DEF TOT AVG IP H R ER BB SO Ben Kohles...... 37-35—72 +1 Howard, LAL...... 60 203 542 745 12.4 Cincinnati Jordan Spieth...... 38-34—72 +1 take a two-shot lead over Asik, HOU...... 65 219 545 764 11.8 Western Hockey League H.Bailey...... 4 6 3 3 0 1 Kevin Chappell...... 36-37—73 +2 Brian Harman. Randolph, MEM.. 57 241 417 658 11.5 Hensley BS,1-1...... 2 3 4 4 1 5 Graham DeLaet...... 37-36—73 +2 Noah, CHI...... 60 247 442 689 11.5 Seattle at Portland 7 p.m. ROOT W.De La Rosa...... 1 1 0 0 0 2 Martin Flores...... 38-35—73 +2 Vucevic, ORL...... 65 222 518 740 11.4 D.Hayes L,0-1...... 1 1 1 1 0 1 ...... 39-34—73 +2 Lee, GOL...... 63 182 523 705 11.2 Seattle 2 Ted Potter, Jr...... 38-35—73 +2 Auto Racing Chandler, NYK.... 62 260 422 682 11.0 J.Saunders...... 3 ⁄3 9 7 5 1 2 1 ...... 37-36—73 +2 Hickson, POR..... 62 215 441 656 10.6 Saturday Farquhar...... ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 36-37—73 +2 Horford, ATL...... 61 162 454 616 10.1 B.Maurer W,2-1...... 4 3 0 0 2 4 Andres Romero...... 37-36—73 +2 n CHARLOTTE, N.C. Cousins, SAC..... 60 186 411 597 10.0 Time TV Radio O.Perez S,1-2...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 39-34—73 +2 Men’s College Basketball Umpires—Home, ; First, Robert Streb...... 37-36—73 +2 — Denny Hamlin will Assists ; Second, ; Third, Eric Meierdierks...... 37-36—73 +2 not appeal the $25,000 G AST AVG American East tournament 8:30 a.m. ESPN2 Brad Myers. Jimmy Walker...... 36-37—73 +2 Rondo, BOS...... 38 420 11.1 Conference USA tournament 8:30 a.m. KIRO 7 T—2:40. A—6,504 (11,333). Matt Every...... 36-37—73 +2 fine levied against him for Paul, LAC...... 54 518 9.6 ——— Ricky Barnes...... 38-35—73 +2 Vasquez, NOR...... 65 611 9.4 Southeast tournament 10 a.m. KOMO 4 World Baseball Classic D.J. Trahan...... 35-38—73 +2 criticizing the Gen-6 car, Holiday, PHL...... 60 521 8.7 ACC tournament 10 a.m. ESPN SECOND ROUND ...... 37-36—73 +2 Westbrook, OKC...... 65 497 7.6 GROUP ONE Louis Oosthuizen...... 38-35—73 +2 and NASCAR will take Williams, Bro...... 62 474 7.6 Big Ten tournament 10:40 a.m. KIRO 7 At Tokyo Y.E. Yang...... 36-37—73 +2 the money out of his race Parker, SAN...... 56 426 7.6 ACC tournament noon ESPN Thursday, March 7 Sean O’Hair...... 38-35—73 +2 Nelson, ORL...... 48 361 7.5 Netherlands 6, Cuba 2 Sang-Moon Bae...... 34-39—73 +2 winnings. Calderon, DET...... 64 472 7.4 Southeast tournament noon KOMO 4 Friday, March 8 Kevin Streelman...... 39-34—73 +2 James, MIA...... 63 449 7.1 Big Ten tournament 1 p.m. KIRO 7 Japan 4, Taiwan 3, 10 innings Steven Bowditch...... 36-37—73 +2 ——— Saturday Fabian Gomez...... 36-37—73 +2 Men’s College Basketball Southwest Athletic tournament 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 Cuba 14, Taiwan 0 Scott Gardiner...... 37-36—73 +2 Hockey Thursday’s Games Big 12 tournament 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Sunday Kevin Sutherland...... 37-37—74 +3 TOURNAMENT Japan 16, Netherlands 4 Carl Pettersson...... 38-36—74 +3 n Atlantic 10 Conference Mountain West tournament 3 p.m. KIRO 7 Monday Martin Kaymer...... 39-35—74 +3 NEW YORK — First Round Mid-American tournament 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Netherlands 7, Cuba 6 Ben Crane...... 38-36—74 +3 NHL owners have made Butler 73, Dayton 67 Big East tournament 5:30 p.m. ESPN Tuesday Angel Cabrera...... 40-34—74 +3 Charlotte 68, Richmond 63 Japan 10, Netherlands 6 Jeff Klauk...... 37-37—74 +3 it official: The Detroit Red Saint Joseph’s 58, Xavier 57 Southland tournament 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Josh Teater...... 41-33—74 +3 UMass 77, George Washington 72 GROUP TWO Luke Guthrie...... 38-36—74 +3 Wings and Columbus Blue Atlantic Coast Conference Big West tournament 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 At Miami Kevin Stadler...... 39-35—74 +3 First Round Pac-12 tournament 8 p.m. ESPN Tuesday John Mallinger...... 39-35—74 +3 Jackets are heading east. Boston College 84, Georgia Tech 64 Dominican Republic 5, Italy 4 David Lingmerth...... 35-39—74 +3 The league announced Florida St. 73, Clemson 69 United States 7, Puerto Rico 1 Bud Cauley...... 38-36—74 +3 Maryland 75, Wake Forest 62 Wednesday that its board of governors NC State 80, Virginia Tech 63 Puerto Rico 4, Italy 3 Big 12 Conference D.C. United at New York noon KING 5 Thursday TRANSACTIONS approved a realignment Quarterfinals Chicago at Kansas City noon NBCSN Dominican Republic 3, United States 1 BASEBALL plan that will be put into Iowa St. 73, Oklahoma 66 Portland at Seattle 5 p.m. NBCSN Today Kansas 91, Texas Tech 63 Puerto Rico vs. United States American League effect next season. The Kansas St. 66, Texas 49 Saturday MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned RHP Kyle Oklahoma St. 74, Baylor 72 Game 5 winner vs. Game 4 winner Gibson and LHP Caleb Thielbar to Rochester new format will feature Big East Conference Golf (IL). Reassigned RHP Anthony Slama, C Kyle Quarterfinals Avantha Masters 6 a.m. Golf SEMIFINALS Knudson and INF James Beresford to their two eight-team divisions Georgetown 62, Cincinnati 43 At San Francisco minor league camp. Louisville 74, Villanova 55 PGA Tampa Bay Classic 10 a.m. Golf Sunday, March 17 National League in the Eastern Confer- Notre Dame 73, Marquette 65 PGA Tampa Bay Championship noon KING 5 Group 2 runner-up vs. Group 1 winner, —Optioned RHP Chase Anderson, RHP Charles Brewer, LHP ence, and two seven-team Syracuse 62, Pittsburgh 59 LPGA Rounders Cup 1 p.m. Golf 6 p.m. Big Sky Conference Monday, March 18 Eury De la Rosa and OF Alfredo Marte to divisions in the West. That First Round Toshiba Classic 4:30 p.m. Golf Group 1 runner-up vs. Group 2 winner, Reno (PCL) and RHP Keon Broxton, RHP N. Colorado 69, Montana St. 56 6 p.m. Eric Smith and RHP Zeke Spruill to Mobile means Detroit and Colum- North Dakota 69, S. Utah 52 (SL). Reassigned INF , RHP Josh Weber St. 84, N. Arizona 58 Auto Racing CHAMPIONSHIP Booty, INF , C Ed Easley, LHP bus will switch conferences Big Ten Conference At San Francisco David Holmberg, RHP Garrett Mock, INF Chris by moving into the East, First Round NASCAR Sprint Cup 500 practice 6 a.m. Speed Tuesday, March 19 Owings and RHP Bo Schultz to their minor Illinois 51, Minnesota 49 NASCAR Sprint Cup 500 practice 9 a.m. Speed Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. league camp. while the Jets Iowa 73, Northwestern 59 ——— —Optioned OF Michigan 83, Penn St. 66 NASCAR Nationwide Bristol 300 11 a.m. ESPN2 Eury Perez to Syracuse (IL) and RHP Nathan will move into the Western Prep Baseball Karns, C Sandy Leon and INF Anthony Ren- Nebraska 57, Purdue 55 Meridian 5, Concrete 0 Big West Conference don to Harrisburg (EL). Reassigned LHP Pat Conference. College Baseball McCoy, INF Will Rhymes and INF Matt Skole First Round Concrete...... 000 00 — 0 1 3 Cal Poly 64, UC Davis 41 California at Utah 2 p.m. Pac-12 to their minor league camp. Meridian...... 130 1x — 5 3 0 BASKETBALL Long Beach St. 75, Cal St.-Fullerton 66 Sterne, Shope (3) and Fichter. Tutterow Pro Basketball Pacific 71, UC Santa Barbara 68 National Basketball Association and Phillips. WP: Tutterow . LP: Sterne CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Signed G Jannero UC Irvine 71, Hawaii 60 Premier League Soccer (0-1) Conference USA Pargo to a 10-day contract. n Kobe Bryant is get- Quarterfinals Manchester City at Everton 5:30 a.m. ESPN2 International Basketball League Memphis 81, Tulane 68 SOFTBALL IBL—Added the Kitsap (Wash.) Admirals ting a day of treatment on Southern Miss. 81, UAB 66 for the 2013 season. FOOTBALL his sprained left ankle in Tulsa 79, East Carolina 72 Prep Softball UTEP 80, Houston 69 National Football League hopes of staying on the Great West Conference Northeast Division Detroit at , 6:30 p.m. Sedro-Woolley 13, ATLANTA FALCONS—Agreed to terms with First Round GP W L OT Pts GF GA Burlington-Edison 9 RB Steven Jackson on a three-year contract. court to continue the Los Houston Baptist 76, Utah Valley 74, 2OT Montreal...... 27 18 5 4 40 88 69 NHL Scoring Leaders CHICAGO BEARS—Signed DT Nate Collins Mid-American Conference Boston...... 25 18 4 3 39 76 54 Through Wednesday Sedro-Woolley....104 132 2 —13 12 3 to a one-year contract. Angeles Lakers’ playoff Third Round Ottawa...... 27 13 8 6 32 64 58 GP G A PTS Burl-Edison...... 203 013 0 — 9 11 3 CLEVELAND BROWNS—Agreed to terms Kent St. 70, Buffalo 68 Toronto...... 28 15 12 1 31 82 78 Sidney Crosby, Pit...... 27 12 33 45 Queen and Lamphiear; Vanderveen, with RB Chris Ogbonnaya on a two-year con- push. Bryant tweeted that W. Michigan 70, E. Michigan 55 Buffalo...... 27 10 14 3 23 70 84 Steven Stamkos, TB...... 26 20 18 38 Jacobson (2), L. Richards (1) and Javier tract and TE Gary Barnidge on a three-year his ankle was “still very Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southeast Division Chris Kunitz, Pit...... 27 18 19 37 (3). WP: Queen. LP: Vanderveen. Leading contract. Quarterfinals GP W L OT Pts GF GA Martin St. Louis, TB...... 26 7 29 36 hitters: Sedro-Woolley — Adams 4-5 (2b, DETROIT LIONS—Re-signed LS Don Muhl- swollen. Treatment all Delaware St. 63, Hampton 60 Carolina...... 26 15 10 1 31 81 72 Jakub Voracek, Phi...... 28 13 18 31 2 HR, 2 RBI), Lamphiear 1-4 (HR), Queen bach to a one-year contract. Announced the Morgan St. 64, Savannah St. 61, OT Winnipeg...... 27 14 11 2 30 71 77 Eric Staal, Car...... 25 12 19 31 2-3 (2B), Frizzell 1-1 (3B). Burlington-Edison retirement of OT Jeff Backus. day.” Mountain West Conference Tampa Bay...... 27 11 15 1 23 88 83 Ryan Getzlaf, Anh...... 25 10 21 31 — Heynsten 2-3 (2 2b, 3 RBI), Nelson 2-4 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed DL Ricky Quarterfinals Washington.....26 11 14 1 23 72 78 Thomas Vanek, Buf...... 24 14 16 30 (RBI), Jacobson 1-1 (2B, 2 RBI). Jean Francois. San Diego St. 73, Boise St. 67 Florida...... 28 7 15 6 20 67 105 Patrick Kane, Chi...... 26 14 16 30 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released QB Matt Pacific-12 Conference WESTERN CONFERENCE James Neal, Pit...... 27 17 12 29 Anacortes 12, Sehome 2 Cassel. Agreed to terms with CB Sean Smith Quarterfinals Central Division John Tavares, NYI...... 26 16 13 29 on a three-year contract. Arizona 79, Colorado 69 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Mike Ribeiro, Was...... 25 9 19 28 Sehome...... 001 01 — 2 3 2 MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed C Joe Berg- UCLA 80, Arizona St. 75 Chicago...... 27 22 2 3 47 87 59 5 tied with 27 pts. Anacortes...... 310 62 — 12 13 0 er and DB Jamarca Sanford. Correction Utah 79, California 69, OT St. Louis...... 27 15 10 2 32 83 79 ——— McIntyre, Kruzich (5) and Gorosave, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed WR Oregon 80, Washington 77, OT Detroit...... 27 12 10 5 29 70 71 Western Hockey League Henry (5). Crookes and Stout. WP: Danny Amendola and RB Leon Washington. Southeastern Conference Nashville...... 27 11 10 6 28 62 68 Thursday’s Game Crookes. LP: Stout. Leading hitters: Ana — NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed CB Keen- Second Round Columbus...... 28 10 12 6 26 63 76 Kelowna 5 Prince George 2 Duquaine 3-4 (4 RBI), Riordan 3-3 an Lewis to a five-year contract. On page B1 of LSU 68, Georgia 63 Northwest Division Today’s Games NEW YORK GIANTS—Re-signed CB Aaron Missouri 62, Texas A&M 50 GP W L OT Pts GF GA at Kootenay Ross. Signed S Ryan Mundy. Wednesday’s newspaper, Tennessee 69, Mississippi St. 53 ...... 26 13 7 6 32 75 72 Medicine Hat at SOCCER PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed CB Cary Vanderbilt 75, Arkansas 72 Minnesota...... 26 14 10 2 30 64 64 Brandon at Moose Jaw Williams to a three-year contract and S Kenny the photo cutline with the Southland Conference Edmonton...... 26 10 11 5 25 64 76 Saskatoon at Prince Albert Major League Soccer Phillips. Second Round Calgary...... 25 10 11 4 24 69 84 Swift Current at Regina EASTERN CONFERENCE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed DE Cliff Avril article “Anacortes comes SE Louisiana 85, McNeese St. 65 Colorado...... 26 10 12 4 24 65 78 Edmonton at Red Deer W L T Pts GF GA to a multiyear contract. up short” misidentified Sam Houston St. 58, Oral Roberts 55 Pacific Division Prince George at Kamloops Montreal...... 2 0 0 6 3 1 WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed OT Jer- Southwestern Athletic Conference GP W L OT Pts GF GA Seattle at Portland Columbus...... 1 1 0 3 4 2 emy Trueblood. the players. Anacortes’ First Round Anaheim...... 26 20 3 3 43 89 64 Tri-City at Spokane Sporting Kansas City...1 1 0 3 4 3 HOCKEY Jackson St. 66, Alabama St. 59 Los Angeles....26 14 10 2 30 76 69 Everett at Victoria Philadelphia...... 1 1 0 3 3 4 Colin Middleton was on Prairie View 67, Alcorn St. 59 San Jose...... 26 12 8 6 30 62 64 Kelowna at Vancouver Houston...... 1 0 0 3 2 0 —Reassigned G Adam Western Athletic Conference Phoenix...... 27 13 11 3 29 77 77 Toronto FC...... 1 1 0 3 2 2 Morrison from Utah (ECHL) to Providence the right and Mount Bak- Quarterfinals Dallas...... 26 12 11 3 27 68 73 New England...... 1 0 0 3 1 0 (AHL). er’s Zan Roman was on New Mexico St. 65, Idaho 49 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for BASEBALL D.C...... 1 1 0 3 1 2 —Assigned F Texas St. 72, Denver 68 overtime loss. New York...... 0 1 1 1 4 5 Rostislav Olesz to Rockford (AHL). the left. UTSA 73, Louisiana Tech 67 Chicago...... 0 2 0 0 0 5 —Traded D Chay Geno- way to Washington for a conditional 2014 Texas-Arlington 83, Utah State 78 Thursday’s Games Spring Training WESTERN CONFERENCE The newspaper regrets Chicago 2, Columbus 1, SO W L T Pts GF GA seventh-round draft pick. AMERICAN LEAGUE —Recalled D Anaheim 2, Dallas 1, SO W L Pct Vancouver...... 2 0 0 6 3 1 the . HOCKEY Boston 4, Florida 1 Los Angeles...... 1 0 0 3 4 0 Jarred Tinordi from Hamilton (AHL). Kansas City...... 15 2 .882 —Signed D Troy Rut- Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 1 Baltimore...... 11 5 .688 Chivas USA...... 1 1 0 3 3 4 National Hockey League Washington 3, Carolina 2 Real Salt Lake...... 1 1 0 3 2 1 kowski to a three-year contract. Reassigned F Cleveland...... 12 7 .632 Mark Stone to Binghamton (AHL). n The Skagit Valley Herald EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Islanders 2, Tampa Bay 0 Seattle...... 12 7 .632 FC Dallas...... 1 1 0 3 2 3 Atlantic Division Winnipeg 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 San Jose...... 1 1 0 3 2 3 PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned F Nick John- cares about accuracy. If Tampa Bay...... 12 7 .632 son to Portland (AHL) and G Mark Visentin GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 3, Phoenix 0 Detroit...... 11 8 .579 Portland...... 0 1 1 1 4 5 Pittsburgh...... 28 20 8 0 40 103 79 Minnesota 5, Colorado 3 Seattle...... 0 1 0 0 0 1 from Portland to Gwinnett (ECHL). you feel an error has been Chicago...... 8 7 .533 ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned F Andrew New Jersey...... 27 13 9 5 31 70 77 Vancouver 7, Nashville 4 Texas...... 9 8 .529 Colorado...... 0 2 0 0 1 3 made, please call Sports N.Y. Rangers....26 13 11 2 28 65 64 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point Murray to Peoria (AHL). Activated F Alex Boston...... 10 9 .526 Steen from injured reserve. N.Y. Islanders..27 12 12 3 27 79 88 Today’s Games Minnesota...... 10 9 .526 for tie. Editor Dan Ruthemeyer at Philadelphia....28 12 15 1 25 77 87 New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Recalled F Tyler Nashville at Calgary, 6 p.m. Oakland...... 8 9 .471 Saturday’s Games Johnson from Syracuse (AHL). 360-416-2133.